Adapting to the 'new normal' requires rapid transformation. COVID-19 has forced organisations to pull their current two-year digital transformation strategy forward into six months. The demands of employees changed, customer expectations changed and, most importantly, the way our business traditionally operated will need to change. The role of technology will certainly need to be [...]
On-premises cloud brings the best of both worlds for budget-conscious, compliant businesses. South African demand is picking up for HPE GreenLake – the on-premises cloud-like solution bringing the best of cloud and on-premises infrastructure to budget-conscious businesses concerned about data sovereignty. This is according to Dino Psoulis, HPE Solution Architect at Axiz. “Axiz was [...]
By Traci Maynard, HPE Business Unit Manager at Axiz The idea of having a Cloud environment may be an uncertain approach for SMBs. How it will impact the business, staff and customers, not to mention the costs, are just some points to consider. There has been a lot of published content around Cloud across [...]
Progress and digital technology have reached an interesting tipping point. According to Samuel Arbesman, in his book Overcomplicated, today's computer systems are intricate to the point that we can't fully understand or predict their behaviours. This doesn't mean that we've lost control, but instead, it highlights that we should approach and manage technology in [...]
Organizations across the country – from the private sector to the federal government – have become more digital, especially following the shift to remote work this year. It’s no surprise that cybercriminals around the world have taken notice. According to a new report by McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), cybercrime is [...]
The number of wireless devices is increasing at an exponential rate. By 2050 it’s expected that the number of connected wireless devices will exceed 50 billion, with their intelligence increasing with every new generation. As the number of devices increases and their capabilities grow, so too does the need for fast and stable connectivity. [...]
Looking back before 2020, everyone knew where digital transformation was taking us. But we had no idea how quickly it would arrive. Because of COVID-19, the journey of migrating to cloud happened at a rapid rate, because unlike pre-2020, where this was not seen as critical and urgent, in the post-COVID-19 world, it’s a [...]
For a world that believed it had a handle on uncertainty, the COVID-19 pandemic was a crushing reminder that you never quite know what's coming next. The digital narrative was normally framed as looking for opportunities, digital being the conduit to get those advantages. Then the pandemic revealed the other side of this coin [...]
These are interesting times for the channel, and 2021 will be an eventful year. But so was 2020 – and it's not done yet… Covid-19 has changed how the world thinks of digital technology. That point needs no qualification. But it's not the full extent of the conversation. Greater appreciation is good, finally responding to [...]
Taking the next step in unified communications with AudioCodes. With the move to modern collaboration systems, like Microsoft Teams, many companies are struggling to integrate their existing telephony needs with the services that link their people together. Many organisations were running parallel collaboration and telephony systems, with collaboration systems enabling video, chat and voice [...]
